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Heredity and Evolution: Chapter - 9
Heredity and Evolution: Chapter - 9
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PARENT Tall plant Dwarf plant
GENERATION
TT tt
GAMETES T T
Tt Tt
SELF POLLINATION
(F1) Tt (F1)
GAMETES
T t T E
TT Tt Tt tt
F2 GENERATION
(Second Final TALL TALL TALL SHORT
Gneration
Phenotypic ratio 3:1
Phenotypic ratio 1:2:1
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TT Both dominant gene Pure or homozygous
tt Both recessive gene conditon
RRYY rryy
GAMETES fl fl
RY ry
F1
RrYy
[round, yellow]
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F1 F1
Selfing F1fi RY RY G
A
Rr Yy Ry Rr Yy Ry H
E
rY rY T
E
ry ry S
fl
F2 RY Ry rY ry
RY RRYY RRYy RrYy RrYy
flRy RRYy RRyy RrYy Rryy
rY RrYY RrYy rrYY rrYy
ry RrYy Rryy rrYy rryy
PHENOTYPIC RATIO : Round, yellow :9
Round, green :3
Wrinkled, yellow :3
Wrinkled, green :1
GENOTYPIC RATIO : RRYY ; 1
RRYy : 2
RrYY : 2
RRyy : 1
RrYy : 4
Rryy : 2
rrYY : 1
rrYy : 2
rryy : 1
RATIO : 1 : 2 : 2 : 1 : 4 : 2 : 1 : 2 : 1
Observations : 1. When RRYY was crossed with rryy in F1 generation all
were Rr Yy round and yellow seeds.
2. Self pollination of F1 plants gave parental phenotype + two
mixtures (recombinants) Round wrinkled, green yellow :
seeds plants appeared in the ratio of 9:3:3:1
Conclussions : 1. Round and yellow seeds are DOMINANT characters
2. Occurence of new phenotypic combinations show that
genes for round and yellow seeds are inherited
independently of each other.
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Sex Determination
Phenomenon of decision or determination of sex of an offspring
FACTORS
Responsible for Sex Determination
Environmental Genetic
In some animals the temperature In some animals like humans gender or
at which the fertilised eggs are individual is determined by a pair of
kept decides the gender. chromosome called sex chromosome
eg. in Turtle XX Female
XY Male
Sex Chromosomes : In human beings there are 23 pairs of chromosome. Out of
these 22 chromosomes pairs are called autosomes and the last pair of
chromosomes that help in deciding gender of that individual are called sex
chromosome.
XX female
XY male
Sex determination in Human beings
PARENTS : FATHER MOTHER
XY XX
GAMETES X Y X X
(Reproductive cells)
Zygote XX XX XY XY
formed FEMALE FEMALE MALE MALE
after fusion
of gametes 50% probability 50% probability
of a female child of a male child
This shows that half the children will be boys and half will be girls. All children
will in herit an X chromosome from their mother regardless whether they are boys
or girls. Thus sex of children will be determined by what they inherit from their
father, and not from their mother.
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Evolution
SITUATION-I
Group of red beetles
Number of green
beetles increases
Situation 1 : Green beetles got the survival advantage or they were naturally
selected as they were not visible in green bushes. This natural selection is exerted
by crows resulting in adaptations in the beetles to fit better in their environment
SITUATION-II
Group of red beetles
Reproduction
All beetles are red except one
that is blue One blue beetle
Reproduces Reproduces
Number of red beetle No. of blue
increases beetle increases
Crows can see both blue and red beetles and can eat them
Number reduces but still red beetles are more and blue ones are few
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Situation 2 : Blue beetles did not get survivals advantage. Elephant suddenly
caused major havoc in beetle population otherwise there number would have been
considerably large.
From this we can conclude that accidents can change the frequency of some genes
even if they do not get survival advantage: This is called genetic drift and it leads to
variation.
Mechanism of Heredity
Characters or traits of an organism are controlled by the genes
A Section of DNA (cellular)
Gene
Provides information
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Genetic drift. It leads to diversity without any adaptation
SITUATION-III
Group of red beetles
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Speciation
Micro evolution : It is the evolution which is on a small scale. eg. change in body
colour of beetles.
Speciation : it is the process of formation of new species.
Species : A group of similar individuals that along to a population that can
interbreed and produce ferrite off spring.
Geneflow : It is exchange of genetic material by interbreeding between
populations of same species or individuals
WAYS BY WHICH SPECIATION TAKES PLACE
Genetic Drift
It is the random change in the frequency of alleles (gene pair) in a population over
successive generations.
*Natural Selection : The process by which nature selects and consolidate those
organisms which are more suitably adapted and posesses favorable variations
POPULATION Z
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Results in Accumulation of different variations in
Sub population Z1 and Z2
Genetic drift
Natural selection
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Tracing Evolutionary Relationships
(Evidences of Evolution)
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AGE OF THE FOSSILS
1. ...........................
i. Deeper the fossil, older it is. 2. ...........................
Recent
II. Detecting the ratios of different of 3. ...........................
the same element in the fossil 4. ...........................
material ie Radio-carbon dating.
5. ..........................
[C-(14) dating) Older
6. ..........................
Evolution by stages
Evolution takes place in stages ie bit by bit over generations.
I. Fitness advantage
Evolution of Eyes
Evolution of complex organs is not sudden it occurs due to minor changes
in DNA, however takes place bit by bit over generations.
enough to
Flat worm has rudimentary eyes give fitness
advantage
Insects have compound eyes
Humans have binocular eyes
II. Functional Advantage
Evolutions of feathers
Feathers fi
provide insulation in cold weather
but later they might become useful for flight.
Example :
Dinosaurs had feathers, but could not fly using feathers. Birds seem to have
later adapted the feathers to flight.
Artificial Selection :
Humans have been a powerful agent in modifying wild species to suit their own
requirement through out ages by using artificial selection. eg (i) Wild cabbage the
dissimilar looking structures have evolved from a common ancestral design. (ii)
Wheat (many varieties obtained due to artificial selection)
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WILD KALE
CABBAGE
CABBAGE
with larger
leaves
with short distance
between the leaves
BROCCOLI KOHL RABI
CAULIFLOWER
Molecular Phylogeny :
It is based on the idea that changes in DNA during reproduction are the basic
?
events in evolution
Organisms which are more distantly related will accumulate greater
?
differences in their DNA
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Human Evolution
Tools to Study Human Evolutionary Relationship
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EXERCISE
(Question Bank)
Very Short Answers (1 Mark)
1. Define variation
2. What is monohybird cross?
3. What is dominant trait.
4. What are genes?
5. Define Homologous organs
6. If an individual has XX chromosome [22+XX] will that individual be male
or female.
7. Which plant Mendel had choosen for his experiments.
8. How do Mendel's experiment show that traits may be dominant or recessive?
9. Define analogous organs? Give example.
Short Answers (2 Marks)
1. Differentiate between acquired and Inherited traits? Give example of each.
2. Explain what are fossils? How the age of fossils be determined
3. What is speciation? What factors lead to formation of a new species.
4. Explain the mechanism of sex determination in humans.
5. Differentiate between homologous and analogous organs. by giving
examples.
6. Define inheritance. What are the units of inheritance
7. What is genetic drift? How it contributes to the formation of new species
8. Explain monohydrid cross by taking tall and dwarf plants. Mention the
phenotypic and genotypic ratio of F1 and F2 off springs.
Long Answer (5 Marks each)
1. Explain the process of artificial selection by taking the example of wild
cabbage plant.
2. Explain about the human evolution.
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